About Us

The Midlands Graduate School is an accredited Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership. First established in 2016 and re-accredited in 2023, the second iteration of the MGS DTP now includes our new partners: De Montfort University and Nottingham Trent University.

The DTP offers 17 different training pathways that span various social science disciplines; a large number of postgraduate studentships will be awarded annually across the pathways and institutions, funded by the DTP with contributions from our partner universities.

Our Partners

Aston University

University of Birmingham

De Montfort University

University of Leicester

Loughborough University

University of Nottingham

Nottingham Trent University

University of Warwick

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